If the Mariners thought they were going to have an easy time signing their No. 1 draft pick, right-handed closer Josh Fields of Georgia, they’ve come to realize they will do no such thing. More than 10 weeks after the Mariners picked Bulldogs’ senior Fields with the 21st pick in the draft, he remains unsigned. And there remains a bridge of about $500,000 separating the player and the team, sources say. Perhaps this was to be expected. Fields is represented by Scott Boras, who is as hard line a negotiator as there is. Sources say the Mariners are trying to stay within Major League Baseball’s slotting system for draft choices, which says that a player taken where Fields was is worth a $1.5 million contract. But Boras and his lieutenants made it clear before the draft to all interested teams, including the Mariners, that Fields, who led Georgia into the College World Series with a 95-97 mph fastball, was looking for a $2 million deal. Fields’ representatives ”told everybody what he was
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